10 Tallest Trees on the Earth

This is a list of 10 largest trees in the world. The exact locations of 10 tallest trees in the world are secrets, so the pictures available in this post are only illustrations. The trees are not guarded 24/7 and only sealed the information what keep the trees grow higher.

10. Mendocino – 112.20 m (368.1 ft)
Species: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Montgomery Woods, California, USA
Diameter: 4,19 m (13,7 ft)
 

Between December 1996 and August 2000, the tallest tree in Montgomery Woods, named the Mendocino Tree, was the world’s tallest known tree. It was displaced by the discovery of a number of taller trees in Humboldt Redwoods State Park and later Redwood National Park in Humboldt County. The tree is one of dozens of similar height in the grove, and was never specifically marked in order to protect the tree. Earlier well-publicized candidates for the world’s tallest tree suffered damage from stresses resulting from crowds of tourists.grow higher.

9. Paradox – 112.56 m (369.2 ft), USA
Species: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Humboldt, Rockefeller Forest, California, USA
Diameter: 3,90 m (12,8 ft)

8. Rockefeller – 112.60 m (369.3 ft)
Species: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Humboldt, Upper Bull Creek Flat, California, USA
Diameter: –

7. Lauralyn – 112.62 m (369.5 ft)
Species: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Humboldt, South Fork Eel River, California, USA
Diameter: 4,54 m (14,9 ft)
Discovered by Paul Zinke & Al Stangenburger

6. Orion – 112.63 m (369.5 ft)
Species: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Redwood, Redwood Creek Tributary, California, USA
Diameter: 4,33 m (14,2 ft)
Discovered and verified by Lidar.

5. National Geographic Society – 112.71 m (369.9 ft)
Species: Sequoia sempervirens Location: Redwood Creek, California, USA
Diameter: 4,39 m (14,4 ft)
The fifth tallest tree in the world is located in Redwood Creek. From 1994, after it was found, the tree became the tallest tree in the world until 1995.

4. Stratosphere Giant – 113.11 m (371.1 ft)
Species: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Humboldt, Rockefeller Forest, California, USA
Diameter: 5,18 m (17 ft)
Stratosphere Giant was once considered the tallest tree in the world. It was discovered in July 2000 in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, measuring 112.34 metres (368.6 ft) tall. The tree has continued to grow and measured 113.11 m (371.1 ft) in 2010. It is a specimen of the species Sequoia sempervirens, the Coast Redwood. It is surrounded by a large number of trees of almost equal size. To avoid damage by tourism, the tree’s exact location was not disclosed to the public.

3. Icarus – 113.14 m (371.2 ft)
Species: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Redwood, Redwood Creek Tributary, California, USA
Diameter: 3,78 m (12,4 ft)
Discovered July 1st, 2006. Dead spire top. Once taller.

2. Helios – 114.58 m (375.9 ft)
Species: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Redwood, Redwood Creek Tributary, California, USA
Diameter: 4,96 m (16,3 ft)
According to report, Helios was the tallest tree in the world from 1 June 2006 until 25 august 2006. The tree lost its title after foresters found Hyperion on the other side of Redwood creek tributary.

1. Hyperion – 115.61 m (379.3 ft)
Species: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Redwood, Redwood Creek Tributary, California, USA
Diameter: 4,84 m (15,9 ft)
Hyperion is the name of a Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in Northern California that was measured at 115.61 metres (379.3 ft), which ranks it as the world’s tallest known living tree. Hyperion was discovered August 25, 2006 by naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor. The tree was verified as standing 115.55 metres (379.1 ft) tall by Stephen Sillett. The tree was found in a remote area of Redwood National and State Parks purchased in 1978. The exact location of the tree has not been revealed to the public for fear that human traffic would upset the ecosystem the tree inhabits. The tree is estimated to contain 502 cubic metres (17,700 cu ft) of wood, and to be roughly 700 – 800 years old.

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The Beautiful Sakesar Valley

Beautiful Valley - Valley of Pakiatan

Soon Valley Pakistan - Beautiful Wallpapers

The Soon Valley or Soon Sakesar is one of the famous valleys of Pakistan situated in the central Punjab province. The Valley is situated in the north west of Khushab. Naushera is the main town of the Valley. The Valley starts from Padhrar village and end to Sakesar that is the highest peak of Salt Range. The length of Soon Valley is 35 miles and average width is 9 miles. The area of Soon Valley is 300 square mile. Although not as coold as the valleys up north, Soon valley consists of beautiful lakes, waterfalls, jungles, natural pools and ponds. Soon valley is also blessed with ancient civilization , natural resources, and fertile farms. There are some special features of this valley that distinguish it from other areas, without knowing about them it is very hard to understand its importance. Sabhral, Khoora, Naushera, Kufri, Anga, Ugali, Uchali and Bagh Shams-ud-Din are important towns in soon valley. Kanhatti Garden, Sodhi Garden, Da'ep and Sakesar are resorts to visit. Awan tribe is settled in Soon Valley.

The ancient fortress on an island in Siberia

Deep within the Siberia there is a lake which is just one among thousands of others. In the center of that lake there is a small island. On that island people excavated the remains of an ancient fortress, which dates from 1500. A lot more excavations need to be done so that the Fortress can become a tourist attraction, but still, from the air, it's beautiful at any time of the year. The first set of pictures was taken during the short Siberian summer:

Huge Avalanche near Mars's North Pole

A Nasa spacecraft has captured an avalanche of fine ice and dust thundering over a cliff near Mars's north pole.

It's not the first avalanche captured by the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - Nasa first detected the phenomenon in 2008, believed to be caused by a thin 'crust' of frozen carbon dioxide (dry ice) which forms during the Martian winter.

The HiRISE high resolution camera took the amazing photograph at 85 degrees north on the planet.
The HiRISE camera is one of several hi-tech instruments on board Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. It's the largest camera ever carried into deep space.
Nasa's ground team says that the events are detectable by a cloud of fine material that erupts when avalanches collapse down slopes on the planet.

Some avalanches on Mars are caused by meteorite impacts, but others are thought to be the result of 'seasons' on the planet, which has winters, just like Earth.
Planetary scientist Ingrid Daubar Spitale of the University of Arizona, who first noticed the avalanches in photos taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter said, 'It's great to see something so dynamic on Mars. A lot of what we see there hasn't changed for millions of years.'

Amazing Water Drop Reflection Photography

Anyone can call himself a photographer in this age of hi-tech DSLR cameras with all those sophisticated shot-modes and lenses. But there remains some fields of photography that requires a huge amount of work on part of the person apart from camera. Once such field is taking shots of water droplets while capturing the scene behind them in them. It’s one of the most difficult arts to master in photography but those of you who want to enter into Water Drop Reflection Photography, here’s an easy and quick starter’s guide.

20 Inspiring 2012 Calendar Designs

The days of the typical calendars with hotrod cars and scantily clad women are over, well, at least for some of us they are. I remember the Daisy Duke and Pamela Anderson calendars from years ago. Today, designers take more chances, and each year, they come up with even more creative calendar designs than the year before. I hope you enjoy this collection of 20 creative calendars.